Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-03-19
HISTORY OF TIE WEEK.

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tifcate of Nina Van zandt and the anarch-
ist Spies to Justice Englehardt who claimed
to have performed the ceremony. The
clerk reminds the justice that as Spies was
in the county jail at the time of the alleged
marriage he could not have been at the
village of jefferson, where the justice certi-
lies the marriage occurred. The clerk con-
cludes by asking the justice to correct the
error.
By the action of the Maine legisla-
ture the repeal Of the capital punishment
law has been effected, and imprisonment
for life is substituted for death in all cases
of murder in the first degree. Such con-
victs, however, are to be kept in close con-
fnement, away from all associations, and
no pardoning power is left to the governor
and council unless the convict is proved in
noccnt.
The circulation ofstandard silver dol
lars is now S., 214, $40, out of total coinage
Of S256,471 ,647 The silver certificates in cir
culation amount to S123, POO, 392, which leaves
,966, 745 net standard silver dollars in the
treasury. The gold coin and bullion in the
treasury less $40, 013,054 gold certificates in
circulation, amounts to $115, ~, 795
The business failures during the sew
en- days ending March II, number; For the
United States, $50; for Canada, 50; total,
2S2; compared with $50 last week and 239
increase is mainly attributable to Canada
and the British provinces. A considerable
increase is also apparent in the Pacific
States and in the South.
An incendiary fire occurred at
Howells, Mich, breaking out a little before
midnight on the 18th, in F. N. Monroe's
hardware store, and in short time business
property of the value of $67, 900 was
destroyed, with an insurance of $4,000.
To the fact that Mr.. Monroe is an ardent
Prohibitionist this destruction of property
is attributed.
Half the business part of the town of
Oxford, n c., was destroyed by fire on the
18th, twenty three firms being burned out.
Loss 500, nU0; insurance scarcely half that
amount. The general belief is that the fire
was the work of incendiaries. The white
people think they can lay their hands on
those responsible for the confagration and
trouble is feared.
1t is estimated that 100000 people
witnessed the public funeral of Mrs Neebe,
wife of the anarchist, at Chicago, on
Sunday. The procession was composed of
5000 people and III carriages, with only
one band of music All banners were
furled and draped and no red flags carried.
The utmost order prevailed.
About a. M, on the 18th, at Cole
man, Texas, masked robbers raided the
office Of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
railroad and "held up'' the Express COM
pany employees, securing about $4,000 in
affair which q 1na6pH with bro
was set on fire, to divert attention and
retard pursuit.
Columbus Temple, who lives in a
lonely, sparsely settled part of Washing
ton D. c., came home and found the life
less blackened form of his wife half envel-
oped in smoke from smouldering garments.
The overturned kerosene lamp lying near
where she had fallen was all that remained
to tell the story of the accident.
At Akron, Ohio, boycott has been
enforced against Armour & Co.'s meat by
the local butchers. Armour has telegraphed
his Cleveland agent to go Ito Akron and
start five or six shops to sell meat at any
price and charge the loss to Armour & Co.
Fire, from unknown cause destroyed
the Voorhees, cotton shed at Memphis
Tenn, at 80 a. NJ, on the 18th. Thirteen
hundred bales of cotton were burned with
the loss of $4,000 and insurance reaching
about $40 900.
The Commissioner of agriculture in
tends to make the promptest and best use of
the $4,000 appropriation to extirpate the
pleuro-pneumonia contagi n which has
spread SO widely among cattle.
The Montreal French board of trade
proposes an international congress of Cana
dian and American boards of trade in June
next to discuss the pending difficulties be
tween the two countries
Michael Dumont, one of the leaders
of the Riel instruction, who escaped with
Gabriel Dumont to this country, has re-
turned to ST. Boniface since the proclama-
ton of amnesty.
Hon. Geo. H. Pendleton, u S. Min
lister to Germany, sailed from New York on
the 9th. Mrs. Bayard Taylor and daughter
were passengers by the same steamer.
The Governor of Tennessee has
signed the bill to submit to the people a
prohibition amendment to the constitution.
The election will be held in September,
IN THE EAST,
At the Sunday morning service,
March 18th, Plymouth church, Brooklyn,
famous by the late Henry Ward Beecher,
never presented more joyous and gay APP
pearance, 1t was decorated more as for a
May day festival instead of the occasion
of PlymOuth's late PASTORS funeral eulogy.
The rays OF the spring morning sun shone
IN through the east windows Of the church
and reflected with exquisite effect the beau
tiful shades of color of the informing
ling flowers and ferns. Not sign of Grape
could be seen anywhere. The edifce was
crowded to its fullest capacity. The Rev. s..
B. Halliday, Mr.. Beecher's assistant, who is
at present in charge of the church, assisted
the Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott in the con-
Quoting Of the service. DR.. ABBOTT spoke
for over an hour, and the attention of the
audience was only broken by the occas-
bers.
The reply of the executors of Samuel
j. Tilden has been filed in the supreme
court at New York to the suit brought by
Geo. N Tilden, who contests the will on the
ground OF being illegal and invalid. The
claims that the plaintiff has no right to
institute or maintain the suit; that the de-
ceased was unmarried, and his father and
mother deceased; the sister, Mrs Pelton,
and the nephews and nieces are next of kin,
but under the will are not entitled to any
of the estate. It is denied that the amount
OF the estate is anywhere near $15,0OO,O 600.
1t is claimed, in conclusion, that the
Defendants are appointed as executors